Game apparatus, game control method, and information recording medium

Abstract

The present invention provides a game apparatus suitable for pausing and resuming a game by use of a touch panel. A game apparatus has a touch detection part, a display part, and a pause part. The touch detection part detects the touch of the user on the screen. The display part displays a pause command button at a position different from the initial touch position on the screen so long as a touch is detected by the touch detection part. The pause part pauses the game when the touch detection part detects touch to the pause command button.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A game apparatus capable of pausing and resuming the progress of a game, the apparatus comprising:
 a touch detection part detecting a touch of a user on a screen;   a display part displaying a pause command button at a position different from the initial touch position on the screen while a touch is detected by the touch detection part; and   a pause part pausing the game when a touch of the pause command button is detected by the touch detection part.   
     
     
         2 . The game apparatus according to  claim 1 , comprising:
 a tilt detection part detecting the tilt of the game apparatus;   a storage part storing the tilt of the game apparatus that is detected by the tilt detection part when the game is paused; and   a resume part resuming the game when the tilt detected by the tilt detection part while the game is paused is equal to the tilt stored in the storage part.   
     
     
         3 . The game apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein while the game is paused
 the display part displays a fixed symbol fixed on the screen of the game apparatus and a movable symbol moving according to the tilt on the screen of the game apparatus, and   displays the movable symbol over the fixed symbol when the tilt detected by the tilt detection part while the game is paused is equal to the tilt stored in the storage part.   
     
     
         4 . The game apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein
 the resume part resumes the game when the movable symbol is placed over the fixed symbol for a predetermined period of time.   
     
     
         5 . The game apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the display part changes the first display position of the pause command button on the screen according to the tilt detected by the tilt detection part.   
     
     
         6 . The game apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the display part moves the display position of the pause command button on the screen according to the tilt detected by the tilt detection part.   
     
     
         7 . The game apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the display part displays the pause command button so as to approach the initial touch position over a predetermined period of time while the screen is being touched.   
     
     
         8 . A game control method executed by a game apparatus capable of pausing and resuming the progress of a game, wherein
 the game apparatus comprises:
 a touch detection part; 
 a display part; and 
 a pause part, and 
   the game control method comprises:
 a detection step in which the touch detection part detects a touch of a user on a screen; 
 a display step in which the display part displays a pause command button at a position different from the initial touch position on the screen while a touch is detected by the touch detection part; and 
 a pause step in which the pause part pauses the game when a touch of the pause command button is detected by the touch detection part. 
   
     
     
         9 . A computer-readable non-transitory information recording medium recording a program allowing a computer to function as a game apparatus that is capable of pausing and resuming the progress of a game, the program allowing the computer to function as:
 a touch detection part detecting a touch of a user on a screen;   a display part displaying a pause command button at a position different from the initial touch position on the screen while a touch is detected by the touch detection part; and   a pause part pausing the game when a touch of the pause command button is detected by the touch detection part.